Keith Friedman is the president of Friedman Research Corporation, a local company that evaluates, designs, develops, and tests systems under impact conditions.Science and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara: March Luncheon
Elephant Bar Restaurant, Thursday March 13, 2008, 12:00-1:30
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Engineering Science Behind Your Everyday Safety:
Evaluating Impact Safety and Anti-Terrorist Applications
with Computer-Aided Engineering
Thousands of people die each year in both automotive crashes and terrorist blasts. Our speaker will discuss Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) methods that are being developed and demonstrated to improve protection for both people and structures. These designs have impacted seat belts, padding, airbags, seats, glazing systems, doors, child seats, helmets and vehicle structures.
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Keith Friedman, president of Friedman Research Corporation
Keith Friedman is the president of Friedman Research Corporation, a local company that evaluates, designs, develops, and tests systems under impact conditions.
He has been involved in the field of research and development of transportation safety for over 30 years. Since graduating from Cornell University’s Engineering Physics Department, he has been a project and test engineer for Minicars, Inc., and President of Kinetic Research, Inc., MCR Technology, Inc., and Friedman Research Corporation.
Friedman has published over 50 research papers on the subject of improved vehicle design and automotive safety engineering. He has conducted over 300 detailed analyses of catastrophic injury accidents in accordance with a protocol published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). He is on the SAE’s Body Engineering Committee and is a peer reviewer for SAE.
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OTHER INFORMATION -------
$14 SEC members, $20 non-members.
Information: Barbara Keaney (E-mail scieng@silcom.com) or call (805) 684-4927.
Reservations not required. Visit our web page at http://www.scieng.org
Elephant Bar Restaurant: 521 Firestone Road, off Hollister
-- near airport administration, in Goleta.